Ellis House

Author

City of Bayswater

Place Number

03265

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Location

116-118 Milne St Bayswater

Location Details

Cnr Milne & Neville Sts

Local Government

Bayswater

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1919

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	25 Feb 2020

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - Assessed - Below Threshold	Current	31 Jan 1997

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	24 Feb 1998	Classification 1	Classification 1 These sites have exceptional significance and are important at a local, state or regional level. These places are included on the State Register of Heritage Places or are significant sites owned by the City of Bayswater.
Local Heritage Survey	Adopted	25 Feb 2020	Classification 1	Classification 1 These sites have exceptional significance and are important at a local, state or regional level. These places are included on the State Register of Heritage Places or are significant sites owned by the City of Bayswater.
Classified by the National Trust	YES	21 Jul 1997			National Trust of Western Australia
Register of the National Estate	Removed from RNE				Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

This place is significant for its association with the Ellis family, early pioneers of the district, and the dairy industry, a common occupation within Bayswater at the turn of the century. It is a
landmark feature in the area, given its prominent location, and has links with the City's river foreshore.

Physical Description

Ellis house is a timber framed weatherboard house with a hipped iron roof and verandahs back and front supported on full height timber posts. Windows are mostly triple frame with two opening casements and a fixed central pane.

The recent restoration and refurbishment has reconstructed the distinctive, original viewing platform on the roof. It was understood that the platform was built to take advantage of the view across the river to the racetrack.

History

Ellis House was the residence on the dairy belonging to the Ellis family who were British migrants of 1911. It is significant for its connections with the dairy industry and with the arrival of British migrants in the Bayswater Shire, their subsequent home building and pioneering activities. It is also associated with the present-day rediscovery of Bayswater's heritage.

Dairying was a major economic activity in the Bayswater Shire before the Second World War. The Ellis dairy was a small family operation, of a type described as "the billy-can brigade". There are few traces of the local dairying industry now remaining, and therefore, it is an old homestead of great historic value.

Many British migrants to Bayswater in the era before the Great War built their own houses, reflecting great dreams and limited resources. Ellis House, with its individual touches, is a classic example. It represents George Fox Ellis' life work and was built in stages over many years whilst the family lived firstly in a tent then in a shack and later in two rooms of the house.
Ellis House has recently been restored and made the centerpiece of a landscaped area with a nature walk. In time to come, it will be part of the history of Bayswater's upgrading of the river foreshore and revivial of its pioneering heritage.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity - Moderate
Authenticity - Moderate

Condition

Good

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
60	Local Heritage Survey Number

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
9531	Swan and Helena rivers management framework: heritage audit and statement of significance, final report 26 February 2009.	Heritage Study {Other}	2009
9530	Swan and Helena rivers regional recreational path development plan.	Report	2009
7196	Conservation plan for colonial sites on the City of Bayswater foreshore. CONFIDENTIAL	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	2004
129	Conservation plan and report on the cultural heritage significance of Ellis House, Lot 105 Milne St, Bayswater, Western Australia.	Heritage Study {Other}	1993

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence
Original Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Homestead
Original Use	INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING	Dairy, Butter or Cheese Factory

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	TIMBER	Weatherboard

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Grazing, pastoralism & dairying

Creation Date

18 Aug 1992

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Last Update

19 May 2021

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